What is Delve and Why Should I Use It?

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September 27, 2017

If you're reading this blog, you're
probably wondering what Delve is and how to incorporate it into your work life.

Well,
what is Delve?

Delve
allows you to view what your colleagues are
working on. It gives you a place to easily access documents you have been working on.
You can also search for documents, a
colleague's documents, get deeper insight into who your colleagues are, as well
as communicate with them.

Why
use it though? What's the point?

1) You have relevant information right on
your home page.

2) Searching for relevant
documents throughout Office 365 can be cumbersome. When you use
search in Delve, you can create a board out of those relevant documents to
have them all in one place to share with your team.

3) You can search for user profiles.

You
can search for almost anything using the search bar, but if you want to get in
contact with a colleague and know more about them, you can just type in their name! in the search bar. Once you click on their profile, you're
also able see anything you've shared with
them in the past. You can send an email, Skype message, or even make a phone
call just by clicking any of the links on their profile.

There
is also a "People" tab on the left-hand side. It will list all of the colleagues you interact the most with.

4) It analyzes your work
activity.

This
might be the coolest feature of all. Delve can figure out how many hours a week
you spend in meetings, sending emails, and work time. It's like the iPhone's
Health app, but for work. You can manage and edit your goals for each category.
You can even send these statistics to somebody else.

Another
category is "Stay in touch." Delve analyzes with whom you mostly
collaborate. You can add people to this list and pin them to the view. You can
even see if you're losing touch with any colleagues.

Delve
has countless features! If you want to watch more in-depth videos of how to use
Delve, email info@solartechnj.com for more information.